“It seems frankly irrational to single out this one app, based not on its technical capabilities but on global geopolitics” 📱 Security experts tell stokel that TikTok is a drop in the ocean compared to the data collection of big tech in general
“I’m not sure government devices matter to TikTok or anyone,” said Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson professor of media studies at the University of Virginia. Data experts have previously pointed out that were TikTok banned outright, the Chinese government, should it want to obtain information about western social media users, could simply buy access to information collected through other US-based apps via a raft of data brokers.
Vaidhyanathan also points out that the number of government devices is vanishingly small compared to TikTok’s ballooning userbase, which would be the real security risk if China were to want to access users. “How many government devices are there? And who cares if government workers use TikTok on them? TikTok has billions of users and that’s growing,” said Vaidhyanathan. “No one is banning TikTok from personal devices, and that’s what matters.”We are disappointed with this decision.
“We have begun implementing a comprehensive plan to further protect our European user data, which includes storing UK user data in our European data centres and tightening data access controls, including third-party independent oversight of our approach.” The National Cyber Security Centre and the Cabinet Office have both repeatedly previously declined to comment about a potential TikTok ban. The Cabinet Office refused to answer questions about whether, if TikTok was not safe for use on government devices, it was also unsafe for use by journalists and everyday users.
The decision was unsurprising for some, however. “We’ve seen this develop over time and in different jurisdictions,” said Dom Hallas, executive director of Coadec, the policy voice for tech startups in the UK. “The reality is we trust the security services to do their assessment. I’m not privy to the evidence that they have available to them.
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